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Cicogna, Strozzi (1568-1605). Del Palagio de gl’Incanti et delle gran meraviglie de gli Spiriti & di tutta la natura loro. Brescia: Buozzola, 1605. First edition of the author’s most important work on occultism. Later vellum over patterned paper-covered boards, satin page marker. Woodcut title device; decorative woodcut initials. 8vo. p. [40], 623. Corners of title page clipped, not affecting printed area; a few very short closed edge tears, but on the whole a very good and bright copy. Vellum gently splitting at joints, but stable. See Caillet I, 2374. The first edition of 1605 was published simultaneously, by four different publishers, in Venice and Brescia. This is the first copy of this imprint at auction in over 70 years; only one institutional copy was traced, at Bibliotheque Nationale de France.